This word is, probably, derived from _slow_ and
_mawkin_.
Slop'per. _adj._ Loose; not fixed: applied only to solid
bodies.
To Slot'ter. _v. n._ To dirty; to spill.
Slot'tering. _adj._ Filthy, wasteful.
Slot'ter. _s._ Any liquid thrown about, or accidentally
spilled on a table, or the ground.
Slug'gardy-guise. _s._ The habit of a sluggard.
_Sluggardy-guise;
Loth to go to bed,
And loth to rise._